Donald W. Fiske | |
Birth Date: | August 27, 1916 |
Birth Place: | Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S. |
Death Date: | April 6, 2003 (aged 86) |
Death Place: | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Known For: | Psychology research methods |
Education: | Harvard University (AB) University of Michigan (PhD) |
Doctoral Advisor: | E. Lowell Kelly |
Occupation: | Psychologist |
Spouse: | Barbara Page |
Children: | 1 son (Alan Fiske), 1 daughter (Susan Fiske) |
Donald Winslow Fiske (August 27, 1916 – April 6, 2003) was an American psychologist.
Fiske was born in Lincoln, Nebraska.[1] He grew up in Medford, Massachusetts.[1] He graduated from Harvard University and, in 1948, earned a PhD from the University of Michigan.[1] [2]
Fiske was a professor of psychology at the University of Chicago.[1]
Fiske specialized in methodological issues in personality, ability, and trait research. He was, with Donald T. Campbell, co-author of a seminal paper regarding the multitrait-multimethod approach to evaluating construct validity.[3]
Fiske had a wife, Barbara Page, a son, Alan Fiske (who became a professor of anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles), and a daughter, Susan Fiske (who became a professor of Psychology and Public Affairs at Princeton University).[1] He resided in Hyde Park, Chicago,[1] where he died on April 6, 2003.